Gerontolescense

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Gerontolescense Longevity
Adelaide Thinkers in Residence, Professor Alexandre Kalache talks about gerontolescence and longevity and the impact they have on society.

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New Centre for Celtic Spirituality

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The launch was joined by members of the the interchurch Board of Management, local clergy and patrons of the centre

A new centre for the study and practice of celtic spirituality has opened in Northern Ireland.

The Centre for Celtic Spirituality is based at the Navan Centre in Armagh and will offer people the opportunity to learn more about Celtic spirituality through study programmes, pilgrimages and guided visits to sites of interest.

The current study programme will be facilitated by the Director of the Centre for Celtic Spirituality, the Reverend Grace Clunie, author of Sacred Living: Practical Inspirations from Celtic Spirituality for the Contemporary Spiritual Journey.

The Reverend Dr Johnston McMaster, Chair of the Board of Directors, said: "Ours is a time when people, both locally and internationally, are rediscovering the freshness of the Celtic expression of spirituality and faith - not only for what it has to offer individually - but for it's potential for inspirational Christian community living in reciprocal relationship with the earth."

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The Aurora Borealis and the International Space Station from Nebraska – Video

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I #39;m out at the dark site with camera and tripod intending to get the Milky Way. After the initial set up I start the timelapse and step back to marvel. A qui...

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Spacecraft full of supplies on way to International Space Station

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ATV-4 cargo spacecraft in artist's rendering. Credit: ESA

PARIS, June 6 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says a giant robotic freighter launched towards the International Space Station is the heaviest it has ever put into orbit.

The Automated Transfer Vehicle, dubbed Albert Einstein, is carrying 6.6 tons of food, water, equipment and fuel for the orbiting laboratory, a release from ESA's Paris headquarters reported Thursday.

Launched from French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 rocket at 1:52 p.m. EDT Wednesday, the ATV-4 is in a parking orbit at an altitude of 160 miles, where it has deployed power-generating solar wings and an antenna.

For the next 10 days it will perform checks and maneuvers that will eventually place it in the vicinity of the space station at around 250 miles above the earth in preparation for an automated docking on July 15, the ESA said.

The Albert Einstein will spend over 4 months docked to the station's Zvezda module as astronauts gradually unload its tons of supplies.

Filled with trash from the station, it will then be released toward Earth where it will burn up in the atmosphere, the ESA said.

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Look for space station flyover Thursday night

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by KGW Meteorologist Rod Hill

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Posted on June 6, 2013 at 12:52 PM

Updated today at 12:53 PM

The International Space Station was visible over the Northwestern skies Wednesday night and will be flying over again Thursday night.

Look for an object similar to an airplane in the sky, but higher and moving more quickly. Look to the west-southwest at 84 degrees Thursday evening at 9:41 and track the flight to the northeast at 52 degrees.

The station should be visible for seven minutes. The brightness will be a magnitude -3, which equals the brightness of Venus.

The space station orbits earth at 240 miles high and moves at 17,500 mph. It's roughly the size of a football field. The brightness we can see is made possible by sunlight shining on the station's metallic modules and enormous solar panels.

You will know it when you see it. I have seen the station from my backyard several times.

Enjoy the view!

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Massachusetts Students Speak With Space Station Astronauts

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Expedition 36 crew members Chris Cassidy, Luca Parmitano, and Karen Nyberg will speak from the International Space Station to students at Douglas Public Schools in Massachusetts at 11:35 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 10.

Students will be able to ask the astronauts questions about life, work and research aboard the orbiting laboratory. Media representatives are invited to attend and cover the 20-minute space-to-ground event, which will be broadcast on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website.

To attend the event, journalists must contact Beverly Bachelder at 508-476-3332 or bbachelder@douglas.k12.ma.us. The Douglas Public School District is located at 21 Davis Street in Douglas, Mass.

NASA activities have been incorporated into classes at local schools in preparation for the conversation with the space station astronauts. Linking directly to the astronauts aboard the station provides students with an authentic experience of space exploration, space study, the scientific components of space travel, and possibilities of life in space.

This in-flight downlink is one in a series with educational organizations in the United States to improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning. It is an integral component of NASA's Teaching From Space program, which promotes learning opportunities and builds partnerships with the education community using the unique environment of space and NASA's human spaceflight program.

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For information about NASA's education programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/education For information about the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station To follow Twitter updates from Expedition 36 astronauts, visit: http://twitter.com/AstroKarenN and http://twitter.com/astro_luca

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Europe launches record cargo for space station

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A record 6.6 tonnes of cargo were hurtling towards the International Space Station after being blasted into orbit by a European rocket from French Guiana.

The space freighter with food, water, oxygen, science experiments and special treats for the ISS astronauts was launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou as planned at 6:52:11 pm (21:52:11 GMT).

The robot craft dubbed Albert Einstein separated from its launcher an hour after liftoff, somewhere over New Zealand, and entered orbit at an altitude of 260 kilometres (160 miles).

Just over half an hour later, it deployed four energy-generating solar panels to start its autonomous navigation, guided by starlight, to the space station.

"This is it. Everything is fine, we have the power, we have the antennas, everything we need to go to the ISS," European Space Agency director general Jean-Jacques Dordain announced at the control centre in Kourou.

The unmanned vessel is set to dock with the ISS on June 15 at an altitude of about 400 kilometres (250 miles) above the planet -- at a speed of some 28,000 kilometres (18,000 miles) per hour.

At nearly 20.2 tonnes, ESA's fourth and penultimate cargo delivery to the ISS is the heaviest spacecraft ever lifted by an Ariane rocket.

It also marked the 55th consecutive succesful launch by an Ariane 5, according to the Astrium space company which builds the lifeline craft.

The robot space freighter is the size of a double-decker bus -- 10 metres (33 feet) long and 4.5 metres (15 feet) in diameter.

It boasts the largest assortment of goods yet brought to the ISS by an Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) -- a total of 1,400 individual items that include clothes, tools and enough food for several months.

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